Smart Phones are the New Polaroids – Episode 44

Summary: Smart phones are all around us. In the past four years, the number of iPhones, Android-based phones, tabelts, iPads, etc. that people own has grown exponentially. They're everywhere! Concerts, parks, on trains, in  schools... And one of the main consequences of this is that we are now back in the mode of photography being shared instantly. Sometimes this has enormous social consequences like Arab Spring. Other times it's annoying like hipsters taking pictures of every freaking course at a restaurant. Either way, using smart phones to take pictures and immediately see them and share them is just as exciting and relevant as it was when we (okay, when Rick - because he's so damn old) used Polaroid cameras. Is this a good thing? Is it foretelling the doom of "good" photography like Rick suggests? Is going to force pro shooters to step up and get even better - even when they are using their smart phones - like Rob claims? Our Artists Today's artists have nothing to do with smart phones. Our first artist is Spanish chocolatier, Enrico Rovira. A master of building and minimalism, Rovira's chocolate eggs are stunning pieces of sculpture. The fact that they are also edible makes his work all the more amazing. Watch the video below! Our photographer is Russian minimalist and abstract photographer, Ciro Totku. His ability to achieve balance in his images is obvious and the results make for some pure beauty. ENRIC ROVIRA - CANGURS ER from Enric Rovira on Vimeo.